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US 8,812,802 in-force Cypress Semiconductor Corporation · Filed May 28, 2012 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Term ends Jan 1, 2028

Base term plus 160 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 16 months
2007 2028
Clock starts
Jul 25, 2007
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Term ends
Jan 1, 2028
base term patent term adjustment fee events Computed Sep 1, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
160
Days of PTA
9
Applications in this family

This patent's term runs 160 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Every step shows its rule, its input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisionalClock starts Jul 25, 2007Jul 25, 2027High
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh
Patent term adjustment+160 days, USPTO PTA recordJan 1, 2028High
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidin-forceHigh
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 1, 2028High

The computation, verbatim

base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2007-07-25+20y | =2027-07-25 | PTA+160d=2028-01-01 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2018-02-12,8yr@2022-02-10,12yr@2026-02-11 | status=in-force@2028-01-01

This family

US 8,074,034in-forceDec 2028
US 8,046,546in-forceAug 2028
Application PCT/US2008/071051pendingnot computed
Application PCT/US2008/071112pendingnot computed
US 8,200,885in-forceOct 2028
US 8,200,929in-forceJul 2027
US 8,819,368in-forceOct 2027
US 8,812,802this patentJan 2028

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 22, 2017
reel/frame not recorded
Sartore, Ronald H.Agiga Tech Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 23, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Agiga Tech, Inc.Cypress Semiconductor CorporationMerger
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